What does populous mean?
Populous means Having a large population..
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/ˈpɒpjʊləs/ · adjective
Having a large population..
China is the most populous country in the world.
Chinese is the most populous language.
The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
The Nile delta is a populous region.
Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.
Use populous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Populous means Having a large population..
Common synonyms include inhabited, thickly settled.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
China is the most populous country in the world.
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